Jazz News

The Nuts & Bolts of Touring - Free Video Seminar from Jason Parker

Source: Michael Ricci
June 3, 2010

Fresh on the heals of his highly successful tour with The Jason Parker Quartet, trumpeter Jason Parker gave a free touring seminar on Ustream yesterday. All sorts of wonderful musicians gathered to talk about what worked and what didn't.

With all the negative talk about the industry and the economy, Parker wanted to show that it can be done. He gave the seminar to share what he learned in the hopes that it can help you have a successful tour ...

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Jazz Musician Wynton Marsalis and French Accordionist Richard Galliano Pay Tribute to Legendary Jazz Vocalists Billie Holiday and Edith Piaf

Source: Wynton Marsalis Enterprises, Inc.
June 3, 2010

The Wynton Marsalis Quintet & Richard Galliano From Billie Holiday to Edith Piaf: Live in Marciac

New Live Concert Recording and DVD Available June 22nd

In the summer of 2008 multiple Grammy award winning jazz artist Wynton Marsalis and his quintet teamed-up with French accordionist Richard Galliano at the annual Jazz in Marciac festival in southern France to pay tribute to the late jazz legends Billie Holiday and Edith Piaf.

The result is a live recording (CD/DVD deluxe ...

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Ornette Coleman Receives Honorary Doctorate of Music from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor

Source: Michael Ricci
June 3, 2010

Congratulations to Ornette Coleman! Ann Arbor, MI -- May 2010 -- Music legend Ornette Coleman received an honorary doctorate of music from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The Department of Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation of the School of Music, Theatre and Dance congratulates Mr. Coleman on this great honor, his 80th birthday, and for being one of the most important musicians and innovators of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The event also included a commencement address by President ...

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Court Jesters and the Twenty-Three Fellows, the King's Minstrels

Source: All About Jazz
June 3, 2010

Although by the fourteenth century, minstrels had passed the time of it's greatest glory, which had been the period of the troubadours, the courts of kings and nobles were still the center of activities for the better class of musicians and entertainers.

While the lower orders of the profession roamed the highways, picking up a living where ever they could, their more skillful brethren usually attached to the households of the wealthy and powerful, where they not only received superior ...

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Koby Hayon Trio New Release - "Gemini" with Kermit Driscoll & Jerome Morris

Source: Michael Ricci
June 2, 2010

Israeli Guitarist and composer Koby Hayon releases debut CD “Gemini"

Koby Hayon was born and raised in Jerusalem, Israel. In 1999, Koby moved to Tel-Aviv to pursue his musical career, and played as a jazz guitar player in many different groups in venues throughout Israel . In 2001, Hayon moved to the United States, where he earned his BM in Jazz Studies at SUNY Purchase.

In Hayon's compositions, he fuses his heritage with his vast musical training by writing materials ...

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Cuneiform Artists on Tour, June 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
June 2, 2010

JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN August 4 - The Hideout - Chicago, IL August 5 - The Sugar Maple - Milwaukee, WI August 8 - The Hungry Brain - Chicago, IL ALGERNON June 22 - Millennium Park - Chicago, IL (free noon concert!) BROWN VS BROWN June 13 - 20th Musiques Innovatrices Festival - St. Etienne, France THE CLAUDIA QUINTET June 27 - Bang on a Can Marathon - NYC, NY June 28 - 45 Bleecker - 45 Bleecker Street, NYC, NY ...

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Citibank Summer Solstice Celebration Brings All Day, All Night Musical Blowout to the Kimmel Center, June 19

Source: Michael Ricci
June 2, 2010

Tickets Now on Sale! Kicking off the summer season in high gear, the Kimmel Center's annual Citibank Summer Solstice Celebration brings an all-day, all-night musical blowout of entertainment from 3pm on Saturday, June 19 until dawn on Sunday, June 20, 2010. The annual community celebration showcases Philly-based talent, rising stars and more for a 15-hour stretch of live entertainment in every corner of the center for only $10 ($5 for children 12 and under). Audiences may enjoy family fun activities ...

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Hakan Brostrom Quartet Featuring Joey Calderazzo- "Refraction" CD & MP3 Download Release

Source: Michael Ricci
June 2, 2010

Art of Life Records is pleased to present alto/soprano saxophonist and composer Hkan Brostrm's recording debut for Art of Life Records. Joining Hkan on “Refraction" are pianist Joey Calderazzo (Branford Marsalis), drummer Daniel Fredriksson and acoustic bassist Martin Sjstedt. The album features a version of the song “Nothing Personal" written by pianist Don Grolnick which originally appeared on saxophonist Michael Brecker's self-titled recording debut in addition to a version of the song “See Saw" written by pianist Richie Beirach. Pianist ...

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